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Hazeltine Travel Scholarship deadline Jan. 19

Gena Asher — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:36:57 +0000

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Seniors who wish to apply for the Hazeltine Travel Scholarships have until Jan. 19 to submit applications. The scholarship provides funds for students to conduct projects abroad after they graduate.

Ross Hazeltine, B.S. ’38 (business), set up the Ross Hazeltine Travel Scholarship as part of his estate to send those with freshly-minted degrees outside North America to better understand other cultures. Since its inception in 1978, the scholarship has taken alumni to nearly all continents to photograph and write about life in other countries.

If you are a senior graduating in December 2009, May 2010 or August 2010 and wish to be considered for the Hazeltine, log onto the Forms page, click the Ross Hazeltine Travel Scholarship link and complete the application.

Questions?

Contact Linda Long in the main office at Ernie Pyle Hall.
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Raymer photos part of Mathers exhibit

Gena Asher — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:25:33 +0000

Design by Steve Raymer

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An exhibit of the work of associate professor Steve Raymer and Kathleen Myers, a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, opens Friday at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave.

"In the Shadow of Cortés: From Veracruz to Mexico City" sets out to explore the cultural diversity of Mexico by following the conquistador’s route between the coastal port and the Mexican capital. The two interviewed and photographed people to document cultural changes that some say started with Cortes’ arrival in 1519.

The work is a collaboration of the duo’s specialties, featuring more than 30 of Raymer’s photographs and Myers’ textual information for all the panels. The exhibit, funded in part by a grant of $50,000 from IU’s Movable Feast of the Arts program, will travel to six venues around the state.

Myers and Raymer also are working together on a book that will include excerpts from 61 people — including local storytellers, scholars, a poet, an archaeologist and many townspeople — interviewed along the route.

Learn all about Macs at Thursday workshop

Gena Asher — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:03:23 +0000

What exactly is Finder? How do I use Quick Look? Can Time Machine actually take me into the past?

If you have questions like these about the Mac computers in all School of Journalism classrooms, attend a Mac 101 workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Ernie Pyle auditorium (EP 220).

Apple Campus Rep Jeremy Lacey will answer questions and lead the discussion, which is open to all. Lacey also is an assistant on the School of Journalism’s technology staff.

Fargo serves on ‘Media and Law’ panel

Gena Asher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:31:06 +0000

Associate professor Tony Fargo was one of four panelists discussing “The Media and the Law” Sept. 25 at the annual meeting of Legal Secretaries International, held this year at the Omni Severin Hotel in Indianapolis.

Other panelists were Jeanne M. Hamilton, an attorney at Doninger, Tuohy & Bailey LLP in Indianapolis; J. Richard Kiefer, a partner at Bingham-McHale LLP in Indianapolis; and Stephen M. Terrell, an attorney in private practice in Indianapolis.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Higgs’ article in Counterpunch

Gena Asher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:18:44 +0000

Adjunct lecturer Steve Higgs is author of “Doctors support National Health Insurance” in the latest Counterpunch.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Aamidor’s new book on British motorcycles out this month

Gena Asher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:16:46 +0000

Adjunct lecturer Abe Aamidor’s latest book, Shooting Star: The Rise & Fall of the British Motorcycle Industry, is published this month. He also is author of “Rosenwald Schools,” an entry for the Encylclopedia of Alabama that was published earlier this year.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Polsgrove’s new book looks at anti-colonialism campaign

Gena Asher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:13:47 +0000

Professor Emerita Carol Polsgrove’s new book, Ending British Rule in Africa, is just out from Manchester University Press. It looks at West Indian, African and American writers’ campaign against British colonialism in Africa through publishing their works. Their efforts resulted in Britain’s banning their publications in its colonies, which underscored the point of their campaign.

Polsgrove, who retired from the School of Journalism in 2008, also is author of Divided Minds: Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement, It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun? Esquire in the Sixties, and numerous articles in books and journals.

Read the publisher’s catalogue description of her new book at the Manchester University Press Web site.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Raymer work in Time worldwide

Gena Asher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:08:20 +0000

Associate professor Steve Raymer‘s portrait of Norman Borlaug, winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for saving hundreds of millions of lives as the father of the green revolution, appears in the Sept. 28 edition of Time magazine worldwide.

Borlaug died earlier this month. Raymer worked with Deirdre Finzer Read, a former student and Time magazine picture editor, to obtain the image from the National Geographic archive and wrote the final caption on his Apple iPhone a few hours before the page closed in New York.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Li Zhensheng photo exhibit, lecture spotlight China during revolution

Gena Asher — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:23:54 +0000

Courtesy Li Zhensheng (Contact Press Images)

One of Li Zhensheng’s photos from Aug. 25, 1966, shows the staff of the Heilongjiang Daily newspaper criticizing Luo Zicheng, the leader of the committee work group of the Provincial Communist Party. His dunce cap announces his crimes.

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Through Oct. 9, the lobby of Ernie Pyle Hall is the site of an exhibit of the work documenting China’s Cultural Revolution, a period of modern history that has been largely hidden from the public eye both within China and abroad.

The exhibit pieces are the work of Li Zhensheng who, while working as a party-approved photographer for the Heilongjiang Daily, managed, at great personal risk, to hide and preserve more than 30,000 negatives during the 10-year period of the revolution (roughly 1966-76). This body of work is the only known existing photographic documentation of the Cultural Revolution.

Li visits Oct. 6 for a lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Ernie Pyle auditorium with a reception following in the lounge. Both the lecture and exhibit are free and open to all. Journalism doctoral student Li Shi will be the translator for Li Zhensheng while he is at IU.

This event is sponsored by the East Asian Studies Center and the School of Journalism, with additional funding provided by the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs; the Robert and Avis Burke Lecture Series, Department of the History of Art; and the Department of Communication and Culture.

For more information, view Li’s work on the Web.

For more info about the exhibit, visit the East Asian Studies Center Web site.

Apply now for spring travel courses

Shannon McEnerney — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:37:49 +0000

Courtesy photo

Students in last spring’s J460 Media in Latin America class visited the CNN studios in Santiago. The deadline is Oct. 1 to apply for next spring’s travel courses.

Sophomore Jake Wright loves to travel. He also loves journalism. Wright is looking to combine his two interests by applying for, and hopefully enrolling in, one of the School of Journalism’s four travel courses offered next semester.

“To travel and focus on journalism is amazing,” Wright said. “The courses will help me define what I want to do in my career and decide what I want in life.”

Wright was one of a handful of journalism students who attended Wednesday night’s travel course information session, where a student panel, professors and Director of Experiential Learning and Recruitment Kathleen Lee spoke to students about the benefits of these courses.

Lee explained the application procedures to enroll in a course. The important thing for students to understand, she said, is that deadline to submit applications for the courses is noon Oct. 1. This is a firm deadline. Because applications are online, the computer system will not accept applications past 12 p.m.

Wright is debating focusing on public relations or magazine reporting, and he said the travel course to Tokyo appeals to him.

Ralph Winslow Visiting Professor Jim Bright teaches the Tokyo travel course, J460 International Public Relations, where students travel to Japan to explore media culture. Bright gave a list of top 10 reasons why to apply. The No. 1 reason, he said, is because “it will change your life forever.”

But he said all the courses, not just the Tokyo course, will change students’ lives forever. Students also may apply for J460 From London to Paris, which takes them to London, Normandy and Paris to follow in the footsteps of World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle; for J460 Technology, Change and News, which takes them to Seoul, South Korea, to explore the convergence of media and technology; and for J460 Media in Latin America, which takes them to Santiago, Chile, to focus on journalism in South America.

Lee explained the costs of the trips, the deadlines and what to expect upon acceptance. The cost to students is $1,250 with a $500 deposit upon acceptance into a course. Students should also make sure that they have a passport, and if they don’t, then they should apply for one immediately upon acceptance.

With the exception of Chile, all trips occur during spring break, Lee said. Students travel to Chile in May at the end of the semester because it takes a long time to get to Chile, and the timing is more appropriate to interact with Chilean students at the local university. The Chile course also requires that students have at least some previous coursework and proficiency in Spanish.

Students will be notified about their selection by Oct. 16. The Tokyo and Ernie Pyle trips each accept 16 students, and the Chile and Korea trips each accept 15 students.

Photo by James Brosher

Natalie Avon, left, and Nicole St. Pierre talked about their experiences traveling abroad last spring. They were panelists who told prospective students about travel courses during an info session Wednesday.

Lee said she encourages students to talk to the faculty members teaching the courses about any concerns. The application is a chance for students to express their interests in travel and the courses in particular. Preference is given to seniors, but all students can apply.

Senior Clare Krusing, one of the students on the panel, traveled to Korea last semester. She chose Korea because it had never occurred to her to travel there. Krusing said she loved the trip and experience and would recommend it to anyone.

“What I loved about the trip is that we got to look at the future of journalism and what’s going to happen five to 10 years from now,” Krusing said. “It was great preparation for the future.”

Students also immerse themselves in local culture, both that of media organizations and the people of the countries. Senior Natalie Avon, another student on the panel, talked about the cultural experience.

“We took at two hour horseback ride in the Andes,” Avon said. “That was my life changing experience.”

Krusing said classmates boned throughout the semester and trip, so her advice for students is to choose the trip not based on if friends are going.

“Your friends will still be here,” she said. “Meet new people. You will have a great time.”

Junior Darcy Marlett plans to apply for the Ernie Pyle course. She said she appreciates the School of Journalism’s opportunities such as travel courses.

“I’ve never left the country and I love the opportunity to see so many places in a week,” Marlett said. “I love history courses. I would like to see Normandy; both of my grandfathers were in World War II.”

Lee said these are unique experiences both in a journalism sense and in an educational sense.

“You can’t do journalism in a vacuum,” she said. “These courses give students the taste of the world around them in a safe and affordable environment.”

More?

Read students’ blogs about their trips last spring.
Contact Lee by e-mail or drop in the main office at Ernie Pyle Hall to talk to her.
Read more about school travel on the Web site.
Check out the Forms page to see the application online.

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